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'Scott and his choir explore the essential musical core of Anglican worship, soaring high above the ordinary and fully exploiting the reverberant acoustics of Wren’s cathedral' (Music Week)

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Hear my law, O my peopleby Arthur Henry Mann Performer:
Andrew Lucas (Organ)
Conductor:
John Scott
Orchestra/Ensemble:
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic Written: England Date of Recording: 1993-2000 Venue: St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England Length: 20 Minutes 25 Secs. Language: English Notes: This selection includes verses set by Joseph Pring ("He made a covenant with Jacob [5-12]"), Charles Villiers Stanford ("Marvellous things did he in the sight of our forefathers [13-17]"), Joseph Barnby ("Yet for all this they sinned more against him [18-21]"), Ivor Atkins ("When the Lord heard this, he was wroth [22-30]"), John Goss ("But while the meat was yet in their mouths [31-40]" and "So they tempted and displeased the most high God [57-65]"), Arthur Henry Mann ("Many a time did they provoke him in the wilderness [41-52]"), and Henry John Gauntlett ("So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep [66--]").

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